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US 2010/0137686 A1Published application
Device and method for orienting a device in vivo
OwnerGavriel MERON, Arkady Glukhovsky +2inventors
InventorsGavriel MERON, Arkady Glukhovsky, Harold Jacob, Shlomo Lewkowicz
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Abstract
An in vivo device, such as an in vivo imaging device or other sensing device, may include a device body and at least one appendage coupled to the device body. According to some embodiments the appendage(s) may be extended or expanded, or reduced or removed, in vivo, thereby altering the device geometry while in a body lumen.
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An autonomous in-vivo device comprising:
- a housing;
- a sensor contained within the housing;
- at least one illumination source contained within the housing, wherein said sensor and said at least one illumination source are covered by a common optical window;
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- an expandable appendage coupled to and extending from the housing, distinct from said optical window, wherein said appendage when expanded is asymmetrical relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing and wherein the appendage when expanded is situated between the housing and a body lumen wall, wherein the appendage when expanded is situated so as to position the longitudinal axis of the housing at a non-zero angle relative to the body lumen wall and so that the housing is positioned at a distance away from the body lumen wall.
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